laxing of high front vowel before /g/ and in quiche

[Beverly Flanigan]

Yes, I thought of that right after I wrote my previous note; but it's still
not /i/ laxing, except at a much earlier stage as Brit Eng became Am
Eng:  'been' --> /bin, bIn, bEn/.

At 01:48 PM 10/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On the flipside, there's a fair amount of orthographic 'i' pronounced as
>short E as in
>
>mElk for milk (i get laughed at in Boston for this)
>Ellinois for illinois
>Endiana for indiana
>
>Also, long-time Chicagoans say kEnzie for kinzie (a street just north of
>the Chicago River).
>
>
>--- Steve K.


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